Enson Inoue

"Yamato Damashi"

AGE	59 / Apr 15, 1967
HEIGHT	5'10" / 177.8 cm
WEIGHT	204 lbs / 92.53 kg

ASSOCIATION
Purebred Omiya

CLASS
Light Heavyweight

Wins 12

KO / TKO

42%

SUBMISSIONS

58%

DECISIONS

OTHERS

Losses 8

KO / TKO

50%

SUBMISSIONS

13%

DECISIONS

25%

OTHERS

13%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Antz Nansen	Astra - Yoshida's Farewell Apr / 25 / 2010	Submission (Armbar) Ryogaku Wada VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:10
loss	Tommy Sauer	SB 35 - SuperBrawl 35 Apr / 16 / 2004	TKO (Punches)	1	4:14
win	Soichi Nishida	FFCF 1 - Fury Full Contact Fighting 1 Jan / 10 / 2004	Submission (Choke)	0	N/A
loss	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Pride 19 - Bad Blood Feb / 24 / 2002	Technical Submission (Triangle Choke) Daisuke Noguchi	1	6:17
loss	Heath Herring	Pride 12 - Cold Fury Dec / 23 / 2000	TKO (Knees) Keiji Shiozaki	1	4:31
loss	Igor Vovchanchyn	Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors Aug / 27 / 2000	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Akira Okabayashi	1	10:00
loss	Mark Kerr	Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Opening Round Jan / 30 / 2000	Decision (Majority) Keiji Shiozaki	1	15:00
win	Soichi Nishida	Pride FC - Pride 5 Apr / 29 / 1999	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yuji Shimada	1	0:24
win	Randy Couture	VTJ 1998 - Vale Tudo Japan 1998 Oct / 25 / 1998	Submission (Armbar) Yasuyuki Ogata	1	1:39
loss	Frank Shamrock	VTJ 1997 - Vale Tudo Japan 1997 Nov / 29 / 1997	Disqualification (Egan Inoue Ran Into the Ring) Yasuyuki Ogata	2	7:17
win	Joe Estes	Shooto - Reconquista 4 Oct / 12 / 1997	TKO (Submission to Punches) Yasuyuki Ogata	1	1:06
win	Royce Alger	UFC 13 - The Ultimate Force May / 30 / 1997	Submission (Armbar) John McCarthy	1	1:36
win	Casemiro Nascimento Martins	Shooto - Reconquista 2 Apr / 06 / 1997	TKO (Elbows) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	0:45
win	Mushtaq Abdullah	Shooto - Let's Get Lost Oct / 04 / 1996	TKO (Submission to Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	0:38
loss	Igor Zinoviev	VTJ 1996 - Vale Tudo Japan 1996 Jul / 07 / 1996	TKO (Punches) Toshiharu Suzuki	1	0:44
loss	Joe Estes	Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 3 May / 07 / 1996	Decision (Majority) Yasuyuki Ogata	3	8:00
win	Andre Mannaart	Shooto - Vale Tudo Junction 1 Jan / 20 / 1996	TKO (Punches) Yasuyuki Ogata	1	3:20
win	Ed de Kruijf	Shooto - Complete Vale Tudo Access Jul / 29 / 1995	Technical Submission (Armbar) Yasuyuki Ogata	1	1:40
win	Rene Rooze	VTJ 1995 - Vale Tudo Japan 1995 Apr / 20 / 1995	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Yoshimasa Ishikawa	1	6:41
win	Shingo Shigeta	Shooto - Vale Tudo Access 3 Jan / 21 / 1995	TKO (Punches) Yasuyuki Ogata	1	1:10

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